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Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was the 31st president of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933.A wealthy mining engineer before his presidency, Hoover led the wartime Commission for Relief in Belgium and was the director of the U.S. Food Administration, followed by post-war relief of Europe.
From the F&W Archives. In July, 1978, a year and a half into Jimmy Carter's term as the 39th president of the United States, legendary food and nutrition reporter Marian Burros explored the dining ...
The United States Food Administration (1917–1920) was an independent federal agency that controlled the production, distribution, and conservation of food in the U.S. during the nation's participation in World War I. It was established to prevent monopolies and hoarding, and to maintain government control of foods through voluntary agreements ...
At critical points in American history the public health movement focused on different priorities. When epidemics or pandemics took place the movement focused on minimizing the disaster, as well as sponsoring long-term statistical and scientific research into finding ways to cure or prevent such dangerous diseases as smallpox, malaria, cholera.
When the program started in 1986, Guinea worm disease infected 3.5 million people. By 2022, only 13 cases were reported worldwide. “I would like the Guinea worm to die before I do,” Carter ...
George H. W. Bush was Ronald Reagan's vice president before serving as president from 1989 to 1993. During that time, ... Almost 10 MILLION Pounds of Meat Recalled Due to Listeria.
A long period of prosperity due to post–World War II economic expansion resulted in a large decrease in the number of people below the poverty line during the 1960s. Still, blacks and other minorities had a poverty rate three times that of whites, and poverty in the deep South, urban ghettos, and Indian Reservations was associated with starvation, hunger, and malnutrition.
Notable best presidents include George Washington at No.2, Thomas Jefferson at No. 7, and Barack Obama at No. 12.